Thumbs up, thumbs down By The Record Editorial Staff THUMBS UP to U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry for crafting a bill to help business owners that House members couldn’t refuse. His legislation to allow small businesses and entrepreneurs to raise money by securing small contributions from many sources – called “crowdfunding” – cleared the full House by a vote of 407 to 17. That’s a margin almost unhear... Read more »
Roll Call: House Conservatives Rally Against Tax Increases · By Jonathan Strong · Roll Call Staff · Nov. 4, 2011, 5:47 p.m. Conservatives are rallying against tax increases and trying to chip away at a recent bipartisan push for the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to “go big.” Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is circulating a letter urging the super committee not to increases taxes. The signato... Read more »
This week, the non-partisan polling firm, Gallup, released a survery of small businesses showing that complying with government regulation is the number one problem they face. Please watch the video message below to get my take. Read more »
By Andrew Ackerman and Alan Zibel Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--In a rare display of bipartisan agreement Wednesday, a U.S. House panel approved four bills that aim to make it easier for small businesses to raise money, clearing the way for the full House to vote on the measures next week. The bills approved by the House Financial Services Committee are designed to help small bus... Read more »
As Congress considers President Obama’s job package, one measure seems to have rare bipartisan support: a proposal to loosen some of the outdated securities regulations that hamper small businesses in raising capital. Read more »
Over the past two weeks, Congressman McHenry shared the following presentation with constituents at his Town Hall meetings across the 10th District: Town Hall with Congressman Patrick McHenry Read more »
As we approach the Aug. 2 deadline for raising our debt ceiling, we must consider one of the only things both sides agree on – the national debt limit should represent our nation’s commitment to sound fiscal management of our government. Therefore, we must admit that the act of raising the debt ceiling proves that Washington has failed fiscally and economically to manage the American taxpayer’s money. Read more »
This week, Congressman McHenry released "A Skyscraper of Debt," a new video where he breaks down the consequences of our nation's debt crisis for families and small businesses. In the video, Congressman McHenry outlines the realities facing our national economic outlook should we fail to enact meaningful spending cuts along with any increase to our debt limit. Read more »
This past Friday marked the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Obama Administration’s “Recovery Summer,” the three month “victory lap” designed to celebrate the “success” of their stimulus plan. Senior Advisor David Axelrod touted their summer campaign, stating, “Just over a year later, the Recovery Act is putting millions of Americans to work and helping the economy grow again.” Read more »
Washington, D.C.-Today, Congressman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs, issued the following remarks regarding the Treasury's decision to halt federal payments to mortgage servicers: Read more »
